Laurie Lico Albanese

Laurie Lico Albanese is an American author of historical and literary fiction books. Her 2022 novel Hester is a prequel and retelling of the classic novel The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Her book Stolen Beauty tells the story of Viennese women whose fates are tied to Klimt and his painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Albanese also co-authored The Miracles of Prato, a book about a renaissance painter named Fra Filippo.